I think I posted somewhere (just can't remember where) already that Jackie Morris is doing cover art for reprints of Reindeer People and Wolf's Brother. She recently posted the first roughs. As to when these (and the other ML reprints mentioned in this topic) are REALLY due is anyone's guess - amazon.co.uk has changed the dates from August 2009 to April 2011 but as with so many amazon "dates" lately, I wouldn't trust that (for example they currently state "7 May 2010" for Windsingers but at the same time say "not in stock"... ) Well, I trust we'll get them, sooner or later!

“Men it is who think they can rule others' lives but have no bonds to them. Do you think that to bond or not to bond is for you alone to decide?”

It's obvious we can't trust these release dates until we actually see the books in stores. A while ago, Amazon.co.uk listed Guy Gavriel Kay reprints for april 2010 - same story, they still haven't showed up. And I do want to check out GGK...

And why on Earth is Jackie Morris doing new covers? I love the John Howe covers!

I guess they want to ~repack~ the books to look the "same" as the the newer Hobb reprints? Makes sense from a marketing point of view. I know some people find Jackie's covers plain and boring, but I adore her art (just as much as I love Howe's detailed paintings!) and I think it's refreshing to see different kinds of covers. I'm also wondering if Howe's prices have gone up a lot since he was involved with the LOTR movies or if he's just too busy to do other covers anymore. I mean, when was the last time we saw a new Howe cover on *anything* that wasn't a Tolkien book or one of Howe's own books? I haven't followed his website updates for awhile, so I could easily be wrong... it's just that I haven't seen anything new by him in bookshops besides Tolkien/JH titles for a few years.

“Men it is who think they can rule others' lives but have no bonds to them. Do you think that to bond or not to bond is for you alone to decide?”

Thanks, AR! They look quite dramatic, don't they? They sort of remind me of the Hebrew Farseers which also use same sort of distinct background colours - I must try to find better photos of those than I currently have so I can add them to the gallery too.

“Men it is who think they can rule others' lives but have no bonds to them. Do you think that to bond or not to bond is for you alone to decide?”